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10 Authentic Ways to Travel Like a Local

Travel Like a Local
(Photo: 2 Wheel Vespa Tours in Paris via Paris by Scooter)

You don’t have to be a twentysomething couch surfer or a youth hosteller to travel like a local. Here are 10 places and authentic ways to experience them, from island hopping on a mail boat in the Bahamas to driving cattle to their winter range in Nevada.

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